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Cruitera, or by beating them. Now, if it ~ W ere true that there was 'a sufficient quantity of srigar 'and . coffee in 'France for the cons'untptien of three years,. it would not have been necessary to attempt to consble the pqople of . France under their suffering: , by such absurd and delusive. hopes.. That this Em r. bargo, th6efore, will be r'rost Sererely:filt in France, and that it must ,be the absolute ruin ,of .her rem maining Colonies, cannot be elOubted‘ With regard 'to America herself, the consequence of the Embargo must be great, and, perhaps, irreparable injury, be , . 'cause it will effectually destroy her carrying trade, "during the War, if the Embargo should' continue; it wily put an . end to her extensive trade in the East . Indies, and will in faa, .deprive her •of . 'all those ,commercial advantages which she star • , . 'acquired d u ri n g ihe. last fifteen years, in conse- - 'quenee of the War which has been carried on be-' tween the European Powers during-the greatest part of that period. These advantages . America acquired solely by the War, and could only keep during the !' War ; because, on the return of Peace, she would got be able to rival Great Britain in commercial 'in- I dustry, in skill, or in capital. The Embargo, there fore, will deprive America of advantages during the War, which she . cannot regain upon the re- 1 storation of Peace. That thiS Embargo will produ&ive of a certain degree of present inconvenience to Great Britain cannot be denied, because the dire& trade between Great Britain and America must cease. But though the importation of our manufa&ures into America is prohibited by this measure, it would be absurd to suppose that the ittiportation will therefore not take place. The Ante-, ticans want our manufaaures, and their GovernMent Will find it impossible to prevent their introdectoe, In the mean time we must become the carriers L oc i ' the world, because the Ships of no other nation ex tept our Allies on navigate the ocean., Upon the Whole ; therefore, 'Whatever might be the 'motive Which induced the Amerleari Government to adopt • this Measure-, it is obvious that the injury which hatite and America will sustain from it must ha &Coll* and permanent, while the iacotivenietmeo- Which Great Britain will endure from it, must bee comparatively trifling, and can only be.temporary% `'he more weftflea upon the Official Papot Which have been submitted to Parliament, relative to the Overtures of Austria for effecting a Negocia4 *kit between this Country and France, the more We are convinced of the wisdom, rectitude, and. magnanimity, which have guided the. CoUncil's of the British Cabinet. Whether, in order to.eon- Ciliate France, Austria tret proposed die measure to the French Ruler ) or whether the latter desired the tiiperor of AVSTRIA to undertake it, in which ease a desire must be considered as tantamount to an order, is a question of 'little importance. The true point at issue is,' whether any sincere desire 'of Peace really existed in the mind of the French Ituler ? It is evident that, however the matter ori ginated, the conduct Of Austria, during the %Oleic, proceedings, must haVe been entirely udder the die , . tation of Erna,. If the French - tinier had •been" r eally disposed tow ar d s , P eace , he would' have made some dire& advances to this ,Conntry, - after the willingness expressed by , the British Government to inter into NogiCiations, kilt was impossible for . France to suppose that this Country would,degrade itself so Car as immediately, to send Plenipotentiaries to- Paris merely upon the side-wind comtimnica. Cons of the Court of Austria ; Mr. CANNING very properly adverted to this impediment in the way of Negotiation, when he observed, in answer to Prince ETaneesreasto, that the latter had omitted to explain from whom he had received the communi cation (respecting the sending of 'Plenipoten tiaries), whether from his Imperial 1 1 1 , Iter or from the Government of France." Mr. Caw.. limo farther observed, that if Prince -Stittta SEMBRita professed to_ speak, not from his Im. penal Master, but in " the name of another Power, the statement 'of some precise authority, and the InoduEtion of some specific and aut hen tic documeni, could alone justify the, Court to which he ad.. dressed himself in founding a public and im! portant measure upon such a communication.". Tho French .Government was fully aware of the pacific ;sentiments of Great Britain from the whole of the Correspondence that had preceded this )ust, observation of Mr. CANNINGi yet what , wa s , the result ? Instead Of, producing any solemn and authentic pledge f rom France itself, after this ob servation, .foended.upon the most reasonable grounds, and, whicb,,iudeed, was .an essential point in any Negotiations between France and . this COuntly, witheut any - direft advance on tholiart of the French Ruler, to say nothing of the want of explanation as to thehasis upon which a:Negotiation could be corn menced (a matter, however, of indispensable im portance), the answer of Prince STAHREMBERGmias, a deillifild of Passports for hiniael land Auitiian mission at London t!, Mr.. CANNINei'S . '` Note con - Lining thine ihipe: iNi . bsdi;44o,llo dated* thepAssports was cn the 12th following ; and as it i wit impossible for hith fO have any communication fruit i his own Court, or that of Vranee, grounded -upon that Note from Mr. CANNING, it is evident that:the French Ruler had prerioasly deternthittd to makiatto ovettnres from hitnself, to, enttn• into no explpnation. as., to the basis of Negotiation, I 'aid that' in' bet,' the whole wa's a mean trik'intd shallow collusion intended to deceiVe mankind, and to make them believe that France was disposed to give Peace to the world, and that Eng land alone was averse to so desirable a mea sure. Prince & . T . AfilleminutcOeclarei, tbat, in con sequence of orders from his Court,, " the present circumstances obliged him to' dernarid passports for :•hiniself and the Austrian MiSsion,at London." And what were these " present circumstances ?" Not any repugnance of the British Government to enter into Negotiations : on the contrary, it had testi fied the utmost willingness to do so. The " pre- "sent circumstances," then, was an indispensable re quisition ,on the part of this Country, that the French Ruler (fully apprized of the pacific senti ments of Great Britain, which.was a sufficient over-, tore for the latter to make through an indirea channel), did not chuse to make any advances imme diately fromlimself; that Great Britain; -- therefore, declined the humiliation of sending. Plenipotentiaries to France en such • uncertain grounds—and that no Specific basis for a Negotiation, notwithstanding the repeated revisitiens of Great Britain, were given by , France, oven through the medium of Austria, who haddclubtless entered into the correspondence entirely with the concurrence, if not in conformity to the expressed will, of France. These are the " present • circumstances" to which Prince STAIIREMBERO re miers,as thegroundsupOn which he desired passports, in order to terminate all amicable intercourse be . tweeu his Court and Great Britain. This, we tile- . slime to say,, is an impartial . statement.of the whole of the communications which have recently taken place upon, the important subje& of Peace,, and it must convin c e the oppressed Nations of Europe,that if ,jbey are still deprived of the blessings of Peace the and the odium ought to light Upon their en slaver, and not upon Great Britain, who was ready to. treat upon any terms that might be consistent ‘vith her own dignity, honout, and the charaCter she holds in tire eyes of mankindb THIS morning. the trial of General WitrikocxX OoMmenced in the Great Hall of Chelsea Collegen Very soon after ten o'clock, the AlJnibers of Lthe Court Martial being all assembled, their names were called over by. the HtmAtir. cateA and they took their seats at the Table iteeording to their seniority in point of rank, and were then SWOT& Gen..WHITELOCKE then entered, dressed firhis Uniform ; and attended by several Officers; after which the Charges against him were read, and. the Court - having made some regulations respeet. lug the mode -of examining the Witnesses, the Abvocsra-GtNeitAL .stated to the Court, ti at he, attended .to condu& the Prosecution, assist, ed by the Queer who was Adjutant.- General at Buenos Ayres., and that General WIIITIti• Locxx had expressed 4 desire to have the assistance of the Officer who *trs Quarter-Master-General at Buenos Ayres, in his defence;, Upon this point some doubts arose; as, if that Officer were allowed to assist General WIIITILOCKE in his Defence, he could not be examined as a Wit ness. The Court was cleared for the purpose of consi. dering this point, and the doors were not opened again at half past eleven o'clock. Mr. PAR stunt attended as Pounsel for General WHITELOCKS. • The following are this names of the Officeri WM. posing the Court Martial Sir W. MAA DOM, PieSidOlt. Generals Garth C.nerais Cuylet Tgurtott 08iivy Loa. fox - Monson Sir E. nu% Mdore Parris :Nugent Manners 11u1se We!ford Dunilas Garth Pigott Stavely • Clanricanto Sir C. Ross. The Hall has been very well fitted up .for the occasion ; it is matted, and Warmed with German stoves., The Court was not crowded. It was ex+ paled that the Court would sit till four o'clock. Yesterday. His MAJllsrf came to town from Windsor, and held a private Levee at the Queen's "Palsco,'soon after two o'clock, which was attended by . The Laid Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the 'Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretaries of Statu for th Hoine and Foreign D e pa rtm e nts ', the First Lord o f t h e A iratty,. the 'Master-General of the O r d n a nce . t h o Duke (x 1 of ontrose, Viscount Cathcatt, Lords Heathfiald and Am. herst, C;enerals Phipps and Gordon, and Dr. Marlow. The followinghad the honour of being presented „„ to His „AJ EATS : Viscount Callicart, upon his, return from Scotland. General Phipvs, Upon his being appointed to thecommand of tho 3d ,I3itt4lum of the both Regiment. The Itp , .r Dr. Marlow, President of St. !obit's College, Oxford, upon his being appointed yribcad of Canterbury, by the, - Dulcet. 01 . ..P0rt land. His AUST Y gage audiences to the Cabinet Mi , • nioters, and set off gt o'cloce. for Windsor. V IT la IN \V O. -4" 11 1 7 6-Nrocrrit, 26..—Arrive'd tiro Lug. ger Pri‘ 4 ; - tteer Marsotiit ,'rno , tuttng J 4 gulp, with GO tutu ;c.Tturcd otl"the Lizard by thelrt; Frigate.--- Slic was ottOwieday;.front St, Maloe3, and had not [bilge any captnie§." 5f4 4 _ ; fel) . pris that the French Friptes La £S Prent 49 guns 44611, mhde their escaptarom St. Maloes a clayor'two pre. vious to the„Privateer7s sailing, and. were gone on a secret Expedition. At the time the Privateer was captured there were three English Vessels in sight, whicb' would have been captured had not the Iris hove in. sight. The outward-bound East India Fleet and .South Sea Whalers, under convoy of the Isis; of .50 guns, sailed from Cawsand Ray this afternoon for their destination, PORTSMOUTH, JAg.. yesterday the Sylil, METHAIki, ,Emerald, Si'oa, and Chatham, WELLER, from Jamaica.--Sailed therefrom the 26th November, under convoy of the.Chichester, of 4.& guns; there being then 19 Sail in cOmpkny'i .sepa. ,rated in a gale of wind the 2d inst.' The Chichester arrived this day at this Port. SA:led the Linnet (:otter Brig for the West Indies. LiyElAi . ool.o Jr.A 2 6 .- - " Arrived the Alontet ih-a, Capt. Wasom, from Jamaica: she sailed with the Fleet, consisting of t..'B Sail, on the Bth , November: The Triton, Eliza,- and Brpediffon, parted of f Donna Maria ed,December, and*on ad January the whole were dispersed in z heavy gale. On the 4th' the Montezuma fell in iith . the Malta,, Bel lona, and Britannia, of London, BROOK ; Hannah and the 4urorn, of Liverpool, the Thomas, of Lancaster, and the —, 'of Greenock, and parked from them, on the tath instant, in a ,gale.—The Ship Robertson, for London, foundered on the 4th instant; crew saved. PAl.Motint, ?Art. 2.s.—Came in the American Brig Lyon, CLIF T , frOin St. Auclero, in 13 days , warned in, and her papets endorsee on the 23d inst by His Majesiy's'Ship Rose. Capt. CLIrT reports, that prior to his sailing it was reported that an Em bargo had been laid' on all Neutral 'Vessels in the Ports of France, and it was alsO daily expeeted 'to take place in Spain. DEAL, JAN. 27.—Arrivegi this morning His Ma jesty's Ships Agincourt and 11 - 00/wich, from St. He lena, with the Sir S. Lushingtoa, from Bombay , and - the Slat', BERNICE, from the Solidi Seas : the latter Vessel has sailed for the River also the Jack Tar, from Jamaica. • FOISERWASS,' JAN. 27.— . -Sailie the ,Tca;er Gun bfig .6* f-Itiwich.-:-.krivpd the Oriunt from Chat ham, and brought tip "at the Great Nore,, IVEIV YORK, Dsc. 26. [EXTRACT OF A LETTER.) ' I intimated in. my last, of the the probabi lity..of .an embargo, and . yesterday orders were scat bytkvernment to stop all vessels from saili n g to any part of the world, , eftcept such foreign vessels as might . be part loaded, ór....in,liailast these only are allowed s te depart. The:gratinds of this extraordi•; nary measure . are founded on_the=rectint dispatches front France, Which refuies to give satisfaaion tcl* the United States, respeiling the blockade ot Great Nritain, in case the property on board its Own veiSeis shall be bona fide -American. It appearS that.the ita teution of France is to force.it intowt alliance with, ,its GoVernMent against England, car eke to refuse 'halting connexions in a.commercial point of vie* any longer. The Government here 'seem detetinined to resist such demands in the only manner left • iii its poi,tei-, , namely , lw an embargo : whether this truen. sure will oblige l' cane haver its tone is probleina-' cleat :It any rate it will .secure the property of its own .citi"4`2tis, - bY Itceping it at home until sotrie et t - tingernents have been Made of a permanent nature. flow long this will take it is impossible to say. GEI4ERAL ORDER. HorsOCuards,, 19th January, ILL • Sir Charlei liothani, gam Colonel of the E A U York R e -. giment ot Militia, has been tried by a Genera] Court Martial, on the charge of being "Dane`:Z" on Duty." The Court has found Si; Charles tiathain Orly of the crime alledv,ed at . shist him, *lna has sentenced him to tweashiered, which seiuence his Majesty hits 'been pleased to confirm, and has eoitunarsted it to be thus publicly cominunicated to the Arno, in order that Officers and Soldiers of all deseriptions may be maile•Seissibie, that no considerations at' rank or :la, tion of Me l nor even orpast serficeS, will induce his Majesty to pittitru ate otrenceot this nature, so injurious to the nitzei.: pline of the army. His Majesty. has at the SitellittiMU been Most graciously pleased to declare hi* great, regret, on feeling the necessity of dismissing from* his service an Officer to whose good awarder so many Generair ()dicers have borne testimony.; but, under all the circumstances of the case, his Majesty tuts it not in his power to pay attention to the re commendation of the Court, and is teliatantly obliged to coufirmthe.sentence to its extent, (Signed) 13) , his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief's Command, , HARRY CALVERT, Adintant.Gentral. • NAtiTtc4t. Extreatteawr.—We again observed Earl STANgortt on the Thames yesterday, in his ' newly invented .vessel, which; in stretching up and down the River, made a very fine appearance, and attrafted the notice of a great number of spe6tators. The weatherly properties of this vessel, her easy passage through the water, her great veloc;ty,.' her uncommon uprightness, stiffness, and. stability; were remarked by several Naval Offieers and sea-fur. ing men. The new apparatus termed gills, IStfls used in co-operation - with the rudder, and likewlio singly, and a very striking effe4 WAS produced in turning the vessel. The day was very fine, , and there WAS suffi c ient wind to make a innuber_of ex cellent experitnenti., she was perceived to sail very last, when going within faurpoints of the wind. • ~4 The FrenA Papers - of the 14th instant,'contain %, Report delivered by M. ,CRCTET, Minister of 64 Interior, concerning the.Conimunication of the lA.>= cree,,issued at Milan i - on the 17th dit..agnlnsr the English commerce, 'to the Chambers ,of Coininc; cc i in the great commercial towns ; and their several an swers to this coaimunication. This Report is Indit zinci defaiW, and has db t an interest proportioned to its length; we shall therethre abstraCt its contents only; " Your Majesty,' says the Minister, ‘,‘ commanded me to write a circular level to the Chambers of Com , merce, in order to make them feel, that the conses quences which would arise in future from this new legislation Of England must be lamentable, if. - it Were passed over in Silence ; that it .would be better to prohibit one's-self all commertt, it matters not for` how long a time. than . to (wry it on to the ad, . Vantage 0I England, and under subjection to her laws. ,Ydur.',lVfaiesty, at the same:time, ptescribed. to me,. to'dire& their attention to those measures which, ~in consequence of the arbitrary steps taken by : thtEt neigh, are our sole means of supply; .. " 1 sought, Sire, 'to penetrate the intentions of your Majesty:- I saw that it was not your intentian to conceal the .cOnsequences 'to - maritime commerce, 'arising from the new Legislation of the English Go vernMent ; 'but 'that calculatingOu the patriotism of yoursuhjeets, to 'whom just-indignation would itri part.st ill greater energy, you desitd that they should be strewn without reserve the momentary privations to Which' Abe - maritime despotisrit of the enemy might expose our commerce; intimating' io them, at the same' time, the Means of diminishing or sup; plying those privations; 11,0 d, espolally, making an ..appeal to all those sentithetits which may induce them to bear their sufferings with courage." The Report then proceeds to give. tin account of the execution of this design, and presents an " Abo . strati of the Answers of the Chambers." . . . The Chamber of Commerce at. Amiens utter A . rhapsody 'of loyalty, real or affeCted. ri It is, be sides, of opinion, that the temporary interruptiso of our maritime relations may he profitably em ployed to strengtheu t our commercial relations with the Continent of Europe:" - -.! "r‘ The inhabitants of Dunkirk (say the Chamber established' in that town), those antient claims of the haired and policy. of England, have for ages be held her mercantile ,despotism with horror. The ruins with . Which they are surrounded, their com mercial fortnnes become the prey of her itnatiableb avidity, awaken the reeolleCtion . of it in their beans, without ccasino. Habituated to privations, they will. support them without a murmurs Their last resources are about to be employed in rendering the courage of:their seamen Useful • and all. that activity and audacity can produce, drill be employed 'to avenge 'French commerce, as well as their own pri vate .injutles,. on account oe the oppreisiOna of Englanti/,. • The Chmuber of .Bruges cannot believe that French commerce should be . destruyed by any new oppressive eels. What cannot the itation effeet, " inspired by a Hero Who wjlt know how to repel nnjustaggression, avenge hostile provocafions, and punish ,the oppressors of the seas ? Let us not doubt—plenty will succeed to distress. Delennta est Carthago." The Chamber of Gana declare that no privation will be deemed a sacrifice by that department. - - ! They bless the Emperor, ,and devote the perfidious English Ilirtnistry to the.execradon of the universe. The Chamber of Anvers do pot dissemble their . Sufferings, but promise to endure them with on Cage, " till your Aclajesty's efforts shall hwie brought back Our enemies to the principles of trioderation and justice" • .Kt L'Orient the Chamber urge the duty of resigb nation, and alsoco-operation with the measures of jnit reprisals 'alien by the. Emperor. . The Chamber of Mayeneo announce, that it/ has P. trengthenea it ) , elf in the patriotic r„...ignation, which ;the glory of the country commands, and,the swee t 1 4 1 4 tif,,s,teitig the despotism of the seas soon annihilated." ' At Orleans, the Chamb!r admit that the tnanu fatleries a tid .commerce will suffer; this kXCitok. only their courage and patriotism. At Havre, the measures or retalialion . aduptrtt. POLBON • had been nut iciPated.• Tl ia. Chamber also spoak3 of courageous rasignation.- . • . These yecitnen.jre sufficient. The .other Chem-. hers of :StraSburgli, Avignon, Rouen, Toursi,Nalma, all expreis similar.sentiMents. Some of theChatuberi further suggest rediedtcs i and expedients ingainst the common enemy. That of t byre " demands greater facilities for the r.t.ming criti zeri, the -procuring 'let Ws of marque, in the crewS, and in the „free and-utunolestecl sale ref till their raptures. ''it the English'," the 4^.t-, "natiwtafrte' a neutral vessel, width lias the weAtiess - tOsatfer their insults, why should not' the . skill and courage' of our sailor s al so 7iationalite tlitt :vessel , :tncl merchandize, Which, 'after4 bloody con oa, .hecome their property:" • " •• • The Chamber' of - 120rient fix their attention on .the preparation and Use of hemp; that.of Nantes to 'the nidigeti'nus plants which might supply the piece of the, colont.A drool used m painting. .That, of Touts propose trfsupply' the bine, which requires indigo, by sbadel, Whielt may be made from the produaians of our soil, for the dress of the ry,. &c." .A TAlttei frotp Madras, dated Sept. 14, says,— " By Aral), Ships, which had arrite..l at Museai. from the of. France, we learn that St.atoogve , . had - returned to ,the Indian Seas, in outurnand of a privateer of 20 gena,,ts-pounders, and manned with. 200 choke men." Last ,a grand gala was intende4 to have been gi,94.eu..py the countess of PO4T3moUrti, At her Ladyship's house in Lincoln's-Inu Fields t but about eight o'clock; AS Lard PORTSMOUTH was dreOillg, his clothes caught tire, and: her Ladyship, in assist« ing to 'extinguish the 11min,, sat. fire to her clothes also. The consequence was, that both were severely burnt, and it become impossible to receive thentt. merous persons of distio4ion who 1110 been invite.l and wero,colleaing from all parts of the rnetropohs: Notwithstatuling. Mr. SitttatuAtes politic4l views anttparty connexions, it is said that he has altsl thy been retouching -a qIOW Comedy which-he has tong Promised, and thit, it will certainly be broug. t for• ward in,ticacotirse of tbe.iresent season.